Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers

Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers
Studio album by The Walker Brothers
Released November 26, 1965
Label Philips
Producer John Franz, Nick Venet
The Walker Brothers chronology
Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers
(1965)		 Portrait
(1966)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic [1]

Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers is the debut album by The Walker Brothers, released in 1965. It is often known simply as, Take It Easy.

In the USA the album was released on Smash Records as Introducing the Walker Brothers. This alternate version shifted the running order around and substituted "Lonely Winds", "Girl I Lost in the Rain" and "Tell the Truth" for singles "Love Her", and "My Ship Is Coming In" with their respective b-sides "Pretty Girls Everywhere", and "Doin' the Jerk".[2]

Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Make It Easy on Yourself" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:14
  2. "There Goes My Baby" (George Treadwell, Lover Patterson, Benjamin Nelson) - 3:08
  3. "First Love Never Dies" (Bob Morris, Jim Seals) - 3:37
  4. "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 3:50
  5. "Lonely Winds" (Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus) - 2:37
  6. "Girl I Lost in the Rain" (David Gates) - 2:48

Side Two

  1. "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Chris Kenner) - 2:35
  2. "You're All Around Me" (Scott Engel, Lesley Duncan) - 2:39
  3. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Bob Dylan) - 3:05
  4. "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" (Randy Newman) - 3:48
  5. "Here Comes the Night" (Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus) - 2:27
  6. "Tell the Truth" (Lowman Pauling) - 1:51

Expanded track listing

  1. "Make It Easy on Yourself" - 3:14
  2. "There Goes My Baby" - 3:08
  3. "First Love Never Dies" - 3:37
  4. "Dancing in the Street" - 3:50
  5. "Lonely Winds" - 2:37
  6. "Girl I Lost in the Rain" - 2:48
  7. "Land of a Thousand Dances" - 2:35
  8. "You're All Around Me" - 2:39
  9. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" - 3:05
  10. "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" - 3:48
  11. "Here Comes the Night" - 2:27
  12. "Tell the Truth" - 1:51
  13. "Love Her" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) - 3:23
  14. "Seventh Dawn" (Riz Ortolani) - 2:40
  15. "But I Do" (Paul Gayten, Robert Guidry) - 2:56
  16. "My Ship Is Coming In" - 3:15
  17. "Looking for Me" (Randy Newman) - 2:11
  18. "Young Man Cried" (Scott Engel, John Franz) - 2:33
  19. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" - 2:16
  20. "I Need You" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 3:10

Personnel

Charts

Album - (UK)

Year Chart Position
1965 UK Album Chart 3

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Overview Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1389507. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 
The Walker Brothers
Albums

Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers  · Portrait  · Images  · No Regrets  · Lines  · Nite Flights
Singles

"Pretty Girls Everywhere"  · "Love Her"  · "Make It Easy On Yourself"  · "My Ship Is Coming In"  · "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"  · "(Baby) You Don't Have To Tell Me"  · "Another Tear Falls"  · "Deadlier Than The Male"  · "Stay With Me Baby"  · "Walking In The Rain"  · "No Regrets"  · "Lines"  · "We're All Alone"  · "The Electrician"
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